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| | | | | New Wi-Fi Encryption Vulnerability Affects Over A Billion Devices | | The Hacker News | Cybersecurity researchers yesterday uncovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability residing in the widely-used Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress—apparently powering over a billion devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, routers, and IoT gadgets. | | Chrome 80 Update Cripples Top Cybercrime Marketplace | | ZDNet | 90% of all stolen credentials on the Genesis Store came from the AZORult malware. Now, the malware doesn't work in Chrome 80. | | Microsoft Patch Alert: February 2020 Patches Bring Fire and Ice but Seem to Have Settled | | Computerworld | If you let Windows update itself with this month’s Patch Tuesday crop, you got a buggy UEFI patch that’s subsequently been pulled and a Win10 1903/1909 patch that jiggered profiles—think missing icons, desktops, files—on many machines. | | Ransomware Detections Surged 10% in 2019 | | Infosecurity | Trend Micro blocked over 52 billion unique cyber-threats in 2019, 61 million of which were ransomware, according to its annual roundup report. The security firm revealed that email remained by far the most popular threat vector, accounting for 91% of all threats. It detected 15% more email threats than in 2018, including a 5% increase in BEC detections. |
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| | | What Is an Encryption Backdoor? | | How-To Geek | You might have heard the term “encryption backdoor” in the news recently. How-To Geek will explain what it is, why it’s one of the most hotly contested topics in the tech world, and how it could affect the devices you use every day. | | 10 Tips to Run More Effective Meetings in 2020 | | The Enterprisers Project | The key to leading a productive meeting rather than a time-waster? Organization. Consider these tips before you schedule your next meeting. |
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